"We have problem x."
"Couldn't we use solution y?"
"No, because this instance of problem x is very complicated."
"Solution y is a static solution. What if we used solution y, but made it dynamically respond to external events?"
"Brilliant!"

At some point you gotta wonder why no one thinks to add dynamic y ahead of time. I think there's something about this sort of problem-solving breakthrough that speaks deeply to Star Trek writers.

What I always found ridiculous about Star Track Logic (as opposed to Spock Logic) was that their wild-assed speculations are always correct!

"The goobelfrantz is spewing kriktors, preventing warp and causing pinkeye in the crew!"

"Well, perhaps maybe somewhat kinda if we used the ship's microwave ovens to shine a beam of rainbow love on the goobelfrantz, it would cause a chain reaction of harmony and prosperity that would cause it to spew bonotons instead?"

"Excellent plan! I want those beams in twenty minutes."

[plan works perfectly]

"I think we've all learned a valuable lesson about peace and friendship in this episode. Helmsman, take us to Gor!"

Of course, you can't expect much from a show that forced Levar Burton to put a pair of Alf-like sunglasses over the most striking and emotive eyes in all of hollywood.